Global Patent Index - EP 2273706 B1

EP 2273706 B1 20120530 - Synchronization packet-delay-variation dampening (SPD)

Title (en)

Synchronization packet-delay-variation dampening (SPD)

Title (de)

Synchronisationspaketverzögerungsveränderungsabschwächung

Title (fr)

Amortissement de variation de retard de paquets de synchronisation

Publication

EP 2273706 B1 20120530 (EN)

Application

EP 09290522 A 20090630

Priority

EP 09290522 A 20090630

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP2273706A1] The invention proposes a network equipment (6) adapted to receive and forward data packets, said equipment comprising: -a packet processing device (75); -a communication interface (71, 73) connected to the packet processing device and adapted to be connected to a communication medium (21, 22), said communication interface comprising a buffer (72, 74) for storing data packets received from or to be transmitted to the communication medium; -a control device (76) adapted to identify a synchronization packet stored in said buffer and belonging to a given synchronization packet stream, said control device being adapted to keep the synchronization packets of said synchronization packet stream stored inside the buffer during a predetermined period and to output said synchronization packets at the expiry of the predetermined period.

IPC 8 full level

H04J 3/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/56 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

H04J 3/0673 (2013.01); H04L 41/0803 (2013.01); H04L 49/90 (2013.01); H04J 3/0667 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 2273706 A1 20110112; EP 2273706 B1 20120530

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 09290522 A 20090630